Netflix Is Reportedly Making Crash Bandicoot Animated Series

A brand new report claims that Netflix is growing an animated Crash Bandicoot sequence. And that may very well be cool, Crash appears completely suited to a cartoon, however I do have one request: He higher not discuss.

On October 27, What’s On Netflix reported that it had heard from sources that Netflix has been quietly engaged on a Crash Bandicoot animated TV present. Plot particulars are being stored underneath wraps, however the outlet claims that WildBrain Studios is the animation workforce behind the yet-to-be-announced Crash sequence. This is identical studio that labored on Sonic Prime from 2022 to 2024. The studio has additionally labored on Johnny Take a look at, The Snoopy Present, and Carmen Sandiego. 

Crash Bandicoot first appeared within the PlayStation 1 OG 3D platformer Crash Bandicoot in 1996. That title was developed by Naughty Canine, lengthy earlier than the studio would go on to make Uncharted and The Final of Us. It then developed two extra sequels and a kart racer spin-off earlier than shifting on to different initiatives. In the meantime, different studios continued to make Crash video games nicely into the Xbox 360 period. In 2017, Activision put out the N. Sane Trilogy, which contained remakes of the primary three PS1 video games. That was adopted by 2021’s Crash 4: It’s About Time. Following Xbox’s buy of Activision, Crash is now owned by Xbox. Bizarre.

Assuming this TV present occurs—and contemplating every streaming studio is desperately spending millions of dollars on making their very own Fallout or Final of Us-sized hit, it’s very doubtless—it will likely be Crash’s first authentic present. It gained’t, nonetheless, be his first look on Netflix. Controversially, the platforming legend appeared in Netflix’s Skylanders sequence, sporting an Australian accent. I hate it. And a variety of Crash followers did, too. The character has usually not spoken within the video games or, at most, solely uttered a handful of phrases, like “Whoa!” or “Uh-Oh!” And that’s all he wants. Let the others do the speaking. Crash needs to be a power of nature that causes chaos in every episode.

Speaking or no speaking, this reported Crash Bandicoot present is probably going nonetheless a methods off from being introduced and launched. Whereas we wait, we are able to watch some footage from a different animated Crash Bandicoot show that Amazon was rumored to be engaged on a number of years in the past, but which was reportedly canned in 2021.